

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
A bored Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson head for Loch Ness in search of the missing husband of Gabrielle Valladon (Genevieve Page). The investigation proves strange indeed, involving six missing midgets, villainous monks, a Scottish castle, the Loch Ness monster, and covert naval experiments.
















6 May 1904, Paddington, London, England, UK

9 August 1904, Ipoh, Malaysia

July 2, 1920 in Elderslie, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK

3 August 1911, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

3 June 1902, Hampstead, London, England, UK

January 11, 1911 in Cardiff, Wales, UK


11 February 1918, Dover, Kent, England, UK

16 August 1904, Ireland


4 November 1908, Liverpool, England, UK


24 April 1936, Manchester, England, UK

August 21, 1907 in Lewisham, London, England, UK

12 January 1922, Berlin,

29 May 1893, Hammersmith, London, England, UK

27 May 1922, Belgravia, London, England, UK


27 December 1901, Maida Vale, London, England, UK

2 March 1919, Tyumen, Russia

1943, Wales, UK

15 January 1921, Dulwich, London, England, UK

23 September 1930, Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK

11 October 1906, St. Petersburg, Russia

21 March 1917, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK

29 December 1921, Garches, Hauts-de-Seine,

13 March 1940, London, England, UK

1 May 1918, Helensburgh, Dumbartonshire, Scotland, UK

1 October 1890, Manor Park, London, England, UK




December 30, 2006
A true evocation of the spirit of the Strand Magazine, this is the best Holmes movie ever made and sorely underrated in the Wilder canon.
July 22, 2014
The plotting is weak, and ill-served by the movie's generally lackadaisical approach; but the dialogue is witty, and Wilder and Diamond get a lot of mileage out of the idea that Sherlock Holmes is as fragile as he is brilliant.
October 23, 2004
Before the movie is 20 minutes old, Wilder has settled for simply telling a Sherlock Holmes adventure.
September 27, 2014
Holmes is an extremely amusing and engaging picture, taking care of all the expected detective work as it offers a few surprises of its own.
January 01, 2000
Affectionately conceived, chock-full of marvelous subtleties, this meticulously constructed adventure-romance shouldn't be missed.
February 09, 2006
A wonderful, cruelly underrated film.
August 18, 2008
This existing version is still fascinating, funny and clever.
September 29, 2005
Wilder's second most underrated masterpiece.
January 01, 2000
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes is comparatively mild Billy Wilder and rather daring Sherlock Holmes, not a perfect mix, perhaps, but a fond and entertaining one.
August 14, 2007
It is in large part old-fashioned, in that it's mile-wide and ancient-history Sherlock Holmes, but it's also handsomely produced and directed with incisiveness by Wilder.